December 2013

If you have ever been involved in an opposition or cancellation proceeding before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO’s TTAB), there probably came a time when you wondered if there was a better, more efficient way to resolve trademark registration disputes. You may be surprised to hear that, for many disputes, there are such options. In fact, procedures for more streamlined, efficient resolution of disputes before the TTAB have long been in place, although parties and outside counsel, for a variety of reasons, have been slow to adopt them.